As exposed in the 2014 documentary film Fed Up, the food industry and built environment are major contributors to epidemic obesity. JSI’s Tamara Calise and Janie Hynson explain the changes to policy and environment necessary to address America’s obesity crisis.

The buzz of intense conversation didn’t stop…in less than two days, a select group of 150 delegates to the Population, Health, and Environment (PHE) Conference in Addis Ababa produced an impressive list of recommendations reflecting work in the Philippines, Tanzania, Madagascar, Uganda, Kenya, and Ethiopia among other countries. PHE is a severely under-funded initiative, struggling to find its way among the sectoral approaches favored by donors.